Day 1, (Where the day following the night number, ie night 1 is the first night up.)
Hours 5-9 were the hardest as reading the last installment of Harry Potter was a unphysical activity. Tonight I will clean house and even make a mess to clean up as fatigue increases.
Juice fasting had a major effect on staying awake from previous experiences. Last night I was extremely cognitive. Not sure if its because of the carbs, nutrients, soy protein, or just being on the 9-10th day of the fast.
Training on all the alternating hours has been helpful not only as autonomous guide, but also as a wake up mechanism to push through. A wakeup routine with a cold shower is extremely helpful in kicking the yawns. Any nighttime trainings that I feel I could actually sleep during ( my 1 pm training would have been impossible to sleep ) will be replaced with a full nap to help alleviate sleep deprivation effects.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Setbacks, Headstarts, Lasts, and Firsts.
After last nights 1:00am nap, my alarm battery fell out... leaving me sleeping anxiously till 5am.
Talk about frustrating! I crawled into bed and vowed to do things differently. And I have.
I've taken my naps fairly consistently depending on sleep needs, and always done training sleeps. Each time I do the training I do it as fast as I can to associate the alarm with an autonomous response. Although time will tell I think it helps with full naps.
There are lots of commitments that we make. There are few we fur fill. Rare are the commitments we strive for that we have failed at, until we succeed.
Talk about frustrating! I crawled into bed and vowed to do things differently. And I have.
I've taken my naps fairly consistently depending on sleep needs, and always done training sleeps. Each time I do the training I do it as fast as I can to associate the alarm with an autonomous response. Although time will tell I think it helps with full naps.
There are lots of commitments that we make. There are few we fur fill. Rare are the commitments we strive for that we have failed at, until we succeed.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
For real.
I Can't believe the build up of past resentment that I felt and started to act upon waking from my first polynap.
I've completed 2 previous commitments and have made two new commitments:
Completed 30 days no red meat (1 small misstep unintentionally)
Completed 7 day Juice fast.
Committed to 10 day polyphasic sleep on Uberman Sleep Schedule *(USS).
Committed to 30 day Juice fast.
With the amount of growing information on people adapting to USS there are several techniques that I will be using to enable adaptation. As presented here, this is an extra-ordinary fight that takes pushes discipline to a max. I am doing additional sleep-wakeup training to build autonomous patterns that will replace my monophonic patterns.
A Simple Replacement that I am using is:
1. Brush teeth.
2. Shower in cold water; alternate hot then cold as needed to wake up.
3. Drink water.
4. Walk around the block.
5. Blog current state and list 12 things to do that take 1 h or less.
I'm sleeping on 11, 3, 7 hours. On the 1, 5, 9 hours I will either practice wake ups (less then 2 minutes then do wake up routine) or full sleeps to push the schedule change faster.
This fight will go down in my favor if I have the diligence and persistence to overcome my own programming by creating new programming.
1. Get Big-Desktop working. (ATI Radeon + Ubuntu == playground fight)
2. Get Alarm software for Ubuntu that enables a password protected screensaver.
3. Get Secondary drive working / reading.
4. Remove carbon deposits on stove w/pumice stone.
5. Pack desk.
6. Scrub walls/windows.
7. Douse cat stench in enzymes.
8. Return beer bottles.
9. Get juice recipes.
10. Research programming the PS2.
11. Research 'Why we nap'.
12. Pack bathroom.
I've completed 2 previous commitments and have made two new commitments:
Completed 30 days no red meat (1 small misstep unintentionally)
Completed 7 day Juice fast.
Committed to 10 day polyphasic sleep on Uberman Sleep Schedule *(USS).
Committed to 30 day Juice fast.
With the amount of growing information on people adapting to USS there are several techniques that I will be using to enable adaptation. As presented here, this is an extra-ordinary fight that takes pushes discipline to a max. I am doing additional sleep-wakeup training to build autonomous patterns that will replace my monophonic patterns.
A Simple Replacement that I am using is:
1. Brush teeth.
2. Shower in cold water; alternate hot then cold as needed to wake up.
3. Drink water.
4. Walk around the block.
5. Blog current state and list 12 things to do that take 1 h or less.
I'm sleeping on 11, 3, 7 hours. On the 1, 5, 9 hours I will either practice wake ups (less then 2 minutes then do wake up routine) or full sleeps to push the schedule change faster.
This fight will go down in my favor if I have the diligence and persistence to overcome my own programming by creating new programming.
1. Get Big-Desktop working. (ATI Radeon + Ubuntu == playground fight)
2. Get Alarm software for Ubuntu that enables a password protected screensaver.
3. Get Secondary drive working / reading.
4. Remove carbon deposits on stove w/pumice stone.
5. Pack desk.
6. Scrub walls/windows.
7. Douse cat stench in enzymes.
8. Return beer bottles.
9. Get juice recipes.
10. Research programming the PS2.
11. Research 'Why we nap'.
12. Pack bathroom.
Friday, July 6, 2007
Polyphasic Sleep/ The Uberman Sleep Schedule
There's only one person who's right when they say "you can't".
I told myself I couldn't do that...and I found the last straw that made me snap.
Easy is not in self discipline.
For about 2 weeks now I've been trying polyphasic sleep, specifically the Uberman Sleep Schedule. The key word is try. And steeling from Yoda: "DO OR DO NOT! There is no try.".
To summarize so far: 3 day awake/nap - 6h sleep - 2 day awake/nap - 4-8h sleep - 1 day awake/nap - sleep - 2 day awake/nap on and off for about 14-20 days now. The only benefit so far from this inconsistent schedule is the ability to nap quickly. I can hit REM sleep and have a complete cycle in as fast as 13 minutes.
The real challenge is combating the 25 years of monophasic sleep that I have under the belt. It has been 24h almost exactly since I sleep for more then 30min. The 5-9 time slot was the worst, so I inserted 2 extra naps to combat the fatigue. There are several lists about what to do and what not to do, and I'm inserting some of my own from experience. Computer use at night tends to be a no no, even during the day as I'm beginning to fade.
Exercise and physical activity are defiantly the most useful tools to battle this fatigue. More later, I need a walk and some water.
I told myself I couldn't do that...and I found the last straw that made me snap.
Easy is not in self discipline.
For about 2 weeks now I've been trying polyphasic sleep, specifically the Uberman Sleep Schedule. The key word is try. And steeling from Yoda: "DO OR DO NOT! There is no try.".
To summarize so far: 3 day awake/nap - 6h sleep - 2 day awake/nap - 4-8h sleep - 1 day awake/nap - sleep - 2 day awake/nap on and off for about 14-20 days now. The only benefit so far from this inconsistent schedule is the ability to nap quickly. I can hit REM sleep and have a complete cycle in as fast as 13 minutes.
The real challenge is combating the 25 years of monophasic sleep that I have under the belt. It has been 24h almost exactly since I sleep for more then 30min. The 5-9 time slot was the worst, so I inserted 2 extra naps to combat the fatigue. There are several lists about what to do and what not to do, and I'm inserting some of my own from experience. Computer use at night tends to be a no no, even during the day as I'm beginning to fade.
Exercise and physical activity are defiantly the most useful tools to battle this fatigue. More later, I need a walk and some water.
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